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Best friends fast approaching forty in the small Minnesota town of Flame Lake, Devera and BiDi were recently voted “Least Changed” at their twentieth high school reunion—a label neither one finds very appealing. For each craves a change in her life: Devera desires a break from her humdrum marital routine; BiDi longs to reconnect with her distant fourteen-year-old daughter (the only girl on the high school hockey team), not to mention jump-start a sex drive stuck in neutral. So when Devera’s husband decides to fulfill his longtime dream of opening a nightclub in his basement, Your Oasis on Flame Lake arrives not a moment too soon. Nothing fancy, it’s just a BYOB joint where you can hang out, sing, dance, tell jokes, and be yourself. But then an unexpected crisis throws both families into chaos, forcing them all to take stock of their lives—and learn the power of forgiveness.
Customer Reviews:
Enjoyable Fluff, but not a Page Turner.......2007-01-01
Like her book Angry Housewives Eating Bon Bons this book jumps from character to character, but it's so much more annoying in this book. Again there are children who are unbelievably wise and good for their ages. What female teenager could find happiness with false teeth? I guess at the time this book takes place implants weren't an option.
Still, you can't help but have some interest in the characters even though they seem more like caricatures than real people. I loved the setting--a residential neighborhood set in Minnesota on a lake that doesn't allow motorboats. I haven't read Patty Jane's House of Curl yet, but am looking forward to it because it's supposed to be so much better.
Not as good as her other books........2006-03-18
I have read all of Lorna Landvik's books and this one was not quite as good as the others. (Nothing beats Angry Housewives. . .) I enjoyed reading it, but I thought some of the ideas were kind of hokey!
Find an Oasis and Read this Flaming Good Book.......2006-03-01
Lorna Landvik is a great storyteller and YOUR OASIS ON FLAME LAKE is my favorite. This novel has all the makings for a wonderful read. It is not as funny as Patty Jane's House of Curl, but it is just as enjoyable.
Good.......2005-09-22
This was good also. I like what she writes about. I like how she does not focus on some great city, with great, over the top people. Another winner, can't wait to read more books from this author.
Good reading...........2005-06-20
"Your Oasis on...." was a pretty good book for the most part. I had a bit of a hard time with switching people for each chapter, but all in all...it was a good read.
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Your Oasis on Flame Lake
Manufacturer: Recorded Books
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three trade sized softcover books.
3 Titles By Lorna Landvik (Trade Edition) : Angry Housewives Eating Bon Bons Patty Jane's House of Curl Your Oasis on Flame Lake
Customer Reviews:
My new favorite lesbian author (Sorry Radclyffe).......2007-01-05
She is not new but she is new to Bold Strokes Books. I like that because I can read straight trough the whole series.
I just finished this on and was so very happy to finally find a lesbian (sci-fi or adventure) writer that is as good as any main stream author. Reading this book made me think of Robert Jordon's Wheel of Time Series. Not that the books are similar but that they are both awesome authors.
This book was very well written. My escape was total and complete. I couldn't put it down.
Not 'fast food' reading.......2006-09-12
A lot of people swear that Jane Fletcher is the goddess of Sci-fi writing. She seems to almost have a cult following. But whenever I read the synopsis on her book covers, well - they seemed a little too much fantasy. But, on the advice of friends, who assured it wasn't too far into the fantasy realm, I bought the book.
To say her story was good is an understatement. It was good on so many levels. The story flowed smoothly and seamlessly. There was nothing that jarred me out of the story for even a minute. The story caught and held my attention, not in the riveting - edge of your seat sort of way - but just waiting to see what happened next. This story had so many different levels to it.
Without giving away any spoilers:
- it hits home to anyone who -
**grew up without that 'blood is thicker than everything' or 'family must always stand together' belief
**grew up being different - whether it was being gay, too skinny, too fat, too smart, too dumb - or anything that made you feel different
**grew up always being told you weren't good enough, or smart enough
**has ever been truly alone in the world
**has wondered why you are here
**has ever been betrayed by someone you trusted
**has ever been abandoned
**lost your faith in others
***and I'm sure there are other places it hits that didn't touch my soul. Yet it leaves you hoping, believing that goodness and honesty will win.
It doesn't hit so hard it hurts, but it hits hard enough to actually make your heart skip a beat when you recognize yourself; or when you emphasize with the character.
It's not a fast & easy read, as are many lesbian literature books. This isn't 'fast food.' It's a gourmet meal to be consumed, and every bite savored.
Now, of course, I must go out buy the sequel. (and then start on her next series)
Waiting for others.......2006-08-01
Jane Fletcher has again piqued my interesting.
Her characters are believable. Witchcraft for the good is a nice concept.
I felt like I was left wanting. I can't wait for the next book to be published.
Knockout Fiction, Tantalizingly Told, & Beautifully Packaged.......2006-05-02
Tevi is the oldest daughter of Red, who in turn is the daughter of the Queen of Storenseg. In this matrilineal society, the women are the warriors and the men are small, weak, and serve in roles as housekeepers, babysitters, and servants. Tevi does not belong. She is awkward-not good with a sword or any type of weapon-and the leaders of Storenseg do not believe she possesses any useful leadership skills. Her younger sister, Laff, is far better suited for power and ruling. Unfortunately, Tevi makes the mistake of revealing feelings for a woman, and in this profoundly heterosexist society, that is cause for death or exile. Like the ugly duckling, Tevi is a disgrace in the eyes of all her people.
Rather than sentence her own granddaughter to death, the Queen sends Tevi on an impossible mission to recover a chalice stolen under odd circumstances. In anguish, the 19-year-old woman embarks upon a journey to other lands. In classic Quest form, Tevi goes out in the world and this is when the fun starts. While learning new skills and finding talents she didn't know she had, she encounters wayfarers, sorcerers, enchanted castles, witches, wild animals, dwarves, and magic-and Jemeryl, who is a young Sorceress who not only saves Tevi from a terrible fate, but also proves critical in formulating a search for the stolen chalice. As it turns out, Tevi's quest has much further reaching ramifications than anyone back in Storenseg ever imagined.
Originally published as Parts One and Two of Lorimal's Chalice, this new incarnation leads off a series that will include a second book, THE TRAITOR AND THE CHALICE (June 2006), which comprised Parts Three and Four of Lorimal's Chalice, and the all-new third book, THE EMPRESS AND THE ACOLYTE (October 2006).
THE EXILE AND THE SORCERER is a mesmerizing read, a tour-de-force packed with adventure, ordeals, complex twists and turns, and the internal introspection of appealing characters. The author writes effortlessly, handling the size and scope of the book with ease. Not since the fantasy works of Elizabeth Moon and Lynn Flewelling have I been so thoroughly engrossed in a tale. This is knockout fiction, tantalizingly told, and beautifully packaged. It receives my very highest recommendation.
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This omnibus features two classic, long-unavailable Darkover novels-Darkover Landfall and Two to Conquer-in one volume for the first time.
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"I came to this church five years ago as a tourist and ended up a pilgrim," writes Nora Gallagher, speaking of her year at Trinity Episcopal Church in Santa Barbara. It started with an occasional Sunday visit, a shy toe dip into the Episcopal Church. Eventually she delved into a yearlong journey to discover her faith and a relationship with God, using the Christian calendar as her compass. What Kathleen Norris did for the language of the church in Amazing Grace, Gallagher does for the Christian calendar--finding contemporary meaning in an ancient calendar that is often misunderstood or overshadowed with oppressive dogma.
Starting with the chapter titled "Advent," and ending with "Ordinary Time," Gallagher speaks to the biblical and historical themes of the church's calendar, then offers a translation for living in America at the end of the millennium. Most touching is her raw honesty, whether writing about feeding the homeless in the Community Kitchen or the unglamorous job of caring for a friend with AIDS. Indeed, it is Gallagher's humble interpretations of faith that make her seasonal wisdom so trustworthy. "I learned something about faith, its mucky nature, how it lies down in the mud with the pigs and the rabble," she says when writing about the darkness of Advent. "...God is not too good to hang out with jet-lagged women with cat-litter boxes in their dining rooms, or men dying of AIDS, or, for that matter, someone nailed in humiliation to a cross." --Gail Hudson
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"Gracefully written and moving ...
Things Seen and Unseen starts with Nora Gallagher entering the labyrinth of her life ... and ultimately it leads to the center of her being."--The Boston Globe
It started with an occasional Sunday, a "tourist's" visit to a local church. Eventually Nora Gallagher entered into a yearlong journey to discover her
faith and a relationship with God, using the Christian calendar as her compass.
Whether writing about her brother's battle against cancer, talking to homeless men about the World Series, or questioning the afterlife ("One world
at a time"), Gallagher draws us into a world of journeys and mysteries, yet grounded in a gritty reality. She braids together the symbols of the
Christian calendar, the events of a year in one church, and her own spiritual journey, each strand combed out with harrowing intimacy. Thought provoking and profoundly perceptive,
Things Seen and Unseen is a remarkable demonstration that "the road to the sacred is paved with the ordinary."
"Like Kathleen Norris in
Amazing Grace, Gallagher is renewing the language of ultimate concerns."--San Francisco Chronicle
"The deep serenity that suffuses Gallagher's work, the lyrical cadences in which she writes, do not blunt the sharp edges of what she discovered in her quest for meaning."--Los Angeles Times
Customer Reviews:
faith and faithfulness.......2007-01-26
"Sometimes I just can't stand church life," confessed Nora Gallagher to her friend Ann on the next-to-the-last page of her memoir. Baptized at the age of 15, she dropped out of church for about a decade, returned in her late twenties, then spent two decades negotiating a lover's quarrel with church life that she describes as both "familiar and a foreign planet. To cope we are often ambivalent." I suspect that a large part of this best-seller's success has been Gallagher's candor and the chord it has struck with readers who resonate with her experience.
Gallagher came to Trinity Episcopal Church in Santa Barbara as a "tourist," she says, but narrates how five years later, much to her surprise, she discovered that she had stayed on as a "pilgrim." Trinity was struggling in many ways for many reasons. The sanctuary that held 400 people was three-quarters empty. Dysfunctions abounded. But a new interim pastor, Mark, heralded a new day and the ship began to turn around. Gallagher organizes her eight chapters according to the church liturgical year (much as Kathleen Norris did for her monastic year in Cloister Walk)--Advent, Christmas, Epiphany, Lent, Holy Week, Eastertide, Pentecost, and Ordinary Time, and pulls back the curtain on every day church life at Trinity among ordinary people. She steps forward as a lay minister, serves communion, participates in a base community, and works at the church soup kitchen. She visits the dying, learns to love Republicans, attends meetings, and eats many a tuna casserole.
At its best, she discovered, church can be a place where, as her friend put it, "you can bring your whole self." Like her brother's bladder cancer, her non-believing husband, the drug death of Ephraim (one of their homeless regulars), or their pastor's announcement that he was gay and how Trinity handled that explosive issue. Gallagher shows what it looks like to do your doubting inside the church, rather than taking pot shots from the outside. She describes a very imperfect human institution where honest people articulate genuine questions and differing opinions. In such a church, observed the English historian Esther de Waal, we encounter the "sense of allowing the extraordinary to break in on the ordinary" (p. 18). If that prospect sounds attractive to you, then read Things Seen and Unseen. Then do what I did; read her sequel called Practicing Resurrection (2003).
Journey Towards Faith.......2004-07-22
Ms. Gallagher's year long journey with faith was very inspiring. The book covers her year at Trinity Episcopal Church and her growing faith. The chapters follow the Christian calendar and each is filled with insight into the season as well as her personal journey. A very rewarding book.
This is what faith is really about!.......2004-07-01
Gallagher has written a beautiful book, giving us a year-long chronicle of her faith, using the liturgical calendar of the Episcopal Church as her guide. She shows us that faith encompasses the whole human person--doubt, pain, loss, and joy. She reminds us that God's in it all, for better or worse--"God is not too good to hang out with jet-lagged women with cat-litter boxes in their dining rooms, or men dying of AIDS, or, for that matter, someone nailed in humiliation to a cross."
This is real faith--faith that faces life rather than hiding from it. Nora reminds us that prayer is not simply the words we say to God, but what happens when we throw our lives into God's work. For her this involves helping the homeless, working in a soup kitchen, caring for dying friends... Her book has a lot to offer and remind us. So buy a copy and share it with your friends... it's what I've done. ;)
...and as for the reviewer below who states "I'd only recommend this book if you are a feminist or leftist" I ask, Wasn't Jesus both?
read and re-read.......2003-01-04
I read this book when I want to share someone's imperfect faith journey. Nora struggles and grows in her faith over the course of a year. I see myself in her and in her liturgical trip. I found this in the National Cathedral bookstore and didn't realize how it has caught on across the country. I look forward to more of Nora's books in the future.
Elegant, eloquent -- a must-read.......2002-12-24
I read this wonderful book when it was first published and I continue to recommend it to anyone who seeks a deeper understanding of what it means to live a life of faith. Thought-provoking and beautifully written, Gallagher's book is an outstanding exploration of Christianity. By turns probing and funny, poignant and inspiring, Things Seen and Unseen is a book to treasure. Highly recommended.
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Title: Things Seen and Unseen: A Year Lived in Faith.(Review) (book reviews)
Author: Jo Ann Heydron
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Sojourners (Magazine/Journal)
Date: January 1, 2000
Publisher: Sojourners
Volume: 29
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Page: 59
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In the tradition of Cod and Olives: a fascinating journey into the hidden history, culture, and commerce of caviar.
Once merely a substitute for meat during religious fasts, today caviar is an icon of luxury and wealth. In Caviar, Inga Saffron tells, for the first time, the story of how the virgin eggs of the prehistoric-looking, bottom-feeding sturgeon were transformed from a humble peasant food into a czar’s delicacy–and ultimately a coveted status symbol for a rising middle class. She explores how the glistening black eggs became the epitome of culinary extravagance, while taking us on a revealing excursion into the murky world of caviar on the banks of the Volga River and Caspian Sea in Russia, the Elbe in Europe, and the Hudson and Delaware Rivers in the United States. At the same time, Saffron describes the complex industry caviar has spawned, illustrating the unfortunate consequences of mass marketing such a rare commodity.
The story of caviar has long been one of conflict, crisis, extravagant claims, and colorful characters, such as the Greek sea captain who first discovered the secret method of transporting the perishable delicacy to Europe, the canny German businessmen who encountered a wealth of untapped sturgeon in American waters, the Russian Communists who created a sophisticated cartel to market caviar to an affluent Western clientele, the dirt-poor poachers who eked out a living from sturgeon in the aftermath of the Soviet collapse and the “caviar Mafia” that has risen in their wake, and the committed scientists who sacrificed their careers to keep caviar on our tables.
Filled with lore and intrigue, Caviar is a captivating work of culinary, natural, and cultural history.
Customer Reviews:
Absolutely fantastic!.......2006-08-07
I know nothing about caviar or sturgeon, but subject matter aside, this is one of the most well-written boutique histories I've ever read (and I've read many of them). Saffron's writing is fantastically engaging. This is no dry academic text; I felt as though I were reading a book of fiction in terms of its readability and sense of adventure. I was constantly laughing or smiling or worrying along with the author. Let's hope Saffron continues to write boutique histories!
Hate caviar and still gave it five stars.......2004-10-25
I have been served red, black and gray caviar at "Slava", possibly the best restaurant in Moscow...and I STILL didn't like it. (Our Russian friends gladly accepted our serving like it was gold.)
This is a great, little story about caviar and the history of this delicacy and the great fish that supplies it. The sturgeon, of which there are several varieties, is an ancient animal, predating the dinosaurs. It has remained essentially unchanged because there was no reason for evolutionary modifications. It can grow to incredible sizes and the eggs sacs are astounding.
In Russia, though, the sturgeon nears extinction as the race to capture as much caviar as possible continues. In that country, it is an art - the capture, gutting, creating, selling of this product. THe author gives us first-hand experiences as we fish with the natives, suffer their increasingly declining catches and commiserate in their gloom. Then there are history lessons on both biological and cultural paths. The ending is not upbeat.. For the fish to regenerate we must rethink our ideas about what constitutes a delicacy. One problem is the low price of caviar - so low it no longer constitutes a "delicacy". A good and timely book.
A Luxuriously Gooey Read.......2004-06-06
I had the mixed fortune to read this book in a Puerto Rican resort, about a million miles away from where caviar is bought or sold, but Saffron's vivid description of this delicacy more than compensated for its physical absence. Caviar is one of those few foods which changes form when put in the mouth - the fish eggs pop like bubbles as soon as they're on the tongue - and in this sense it is not unlike chocolate (which melts in the mouth) for its sensual appeal. Caviar goes back to the Black sea, wherein beluga has been farmed for thousands of years (Herodotus gets quoted along the way). Sadly, the actual stocks of Russian caviar are so badly depleted that they are close to extermination; for decent, ethical fish eggs one has to go to the American farm-raised sturgeon or, as a further compromise, for lesser stuff such as salmon eggs. There are interesting chapters on the cultural emergence of caviar as a delicacy; sadder ones on the sudden eruption of strip-farming in the early 1990s. Best enjoyed with a glass or two of champagne.
Culinary and Historical.......2003-08-30
A reader does not have to have the infatuation with caviar the author has, nor for that matter even have tasted the roe of various fish to enjoy this book. You must have a serious gastronomic love, or perhaps lust, for a given dish to even begin to match the writer's rapturous relationship with a food that persons either love or find impossible to understand. The extreme reactions to the food are easier to classify once you have read how the food is prepared and how much of what is passed off today as various forms of caviar is fraudulent, or worse, likely to make you ill. The days of sturgeon that weigh as much as the car in your driveway are forever gone. What has replaced these mammoth living fossils are a few hapless fish that have survived destructive fishing and pollution, and finally farm-bred fish that are meticulously cared for in massive tanks.
The irony of caviar's longevity is that is was maintained well in to the 20th Century by the worst practitioner of production, The Former Soviet Union. The same persons that could not match wheat production during the time of the Czars, build a car, or produce the correct number of bicycles managed to keep the cash crop of caviar healthy for decades. This food that is largely thought of as Russian has been on tables for centuries and did not find its home in the Caspian Sea until after the sturgeon had been decimated elsewhere. Germany was once a large source and The United States was the foremost producer internationally until the turn of the 20th century, when after a scant 30 years with ruthless efficiency the fish stocks were destroyed here in the US. Another irony is that as the fish are being relegated to farms they once again are finding their homes in California.
Inga Saffron does a wonderful job of explaining the history of the fish and the world as it existed as sturgeon populations waxed and waned. She shares stories of major caviar producing areas on the shores of New Jersey that are so broken down as to not even qualify as ghost towns, nature having reclaimed those areas that once were internationally known. She also shares the roles of scientists who attempt to develop methods to protect fishing stocks, identify smugglers, and keep these fish that were once a plentiful behemoth from becoming extinct. There are also interesting consequences that result from the work of science. Using the same methods to identify the caviar sold in New York City in the 1990's as they use to track smugglers, science documented that one third of the caviar being sold was not what it claimed to be. New Yorkers had a one in three chance of being defrauded.
The same economic incentive that has lead to the near extinction of the sturgeon is what will keep the species alive. What is a new danger for these fish is that they are no longer the most important economic interest in areas of production as they historically were. Where once they were as valuable as gold they know have lost their place to oil. One scientist suggested embryos of the fish be frozen and reintroduced to the planet in a century after the oil has been exhausted.
Hopefully for the benefit of these remarkable creatures caviar will keep its mystique and its cachet. There are no longer artificial market forces to keep the roe rare just as DeBeers keeps diamonds precious by their monopoly. It costs a fortune to produce sturgeon on farms; hopefully people will continue to buy caviar at prices that persons who don't share the author's passion will ever understand.
WHERE HAVE ALL THE STURGEON GONE, LONG TIME PASSING.......2003-08-24
From the time that the TV series, Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous, hit the small screens viewers were invited to indulge themselves in the "caviar dreams" of the wealthy. I suppose it was due in part to this reference that I have always been intrigued by this delicacy of delicacies.
Caviar, the book, is an enjoyable read that leads the reader through the very interesting history of caviar, the food, from its surprisingly humble origins in Russia to its New World presence and industry.
The book also tells the sad plight of the sturgeon, the huge fish from which the finest caviar in the world is harvested, and how this "living fossil" is now in danger of becoming extinct and that in order to sate the lust that the super rich have, not only for the taste of caviar but for its prestige as well.
Interestingly, I found that the sturgeon story has some similarities to the tragedy of the near extinction of the American Bison. Whereas in all too many cases the buffalo was slaughtered only for its tongue, the sturgeon is taken not so much for its meat which is consumed for food, but for its primary and, comparatively, small contribution in its eggs.
A truly fascinating story, read it with a big dish of beluga and crackers or, better yet, save the sturgeon and read it like I did with a coke and some pretzels. I couldn't have afforded even a small dish of beluga anyway.
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Between Friends / Entre Amis
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Published in 1976, Between
Friends/Entre Amis was Canada's gift to the United States on its bicentennial.
McClelland & Stewart's press run was the most ambitious Canadian publishing project to that time, and the book received outstanding praise. It has been out of print for many years.
A special Presentation Edition was run for American dignitaries. Pierre Trudeau and Lorraine Monk personally gave President Ford his copy in a Washington ceremony.
Twenty five years later, there are 75 copies of this special edition, which was never available for sale in the U.S. or Canada. Each will be personally signed by Lorraine Monk, and is handsomely slipcased.
Each copy is $595.00, normal trade discounts apply.
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Originated in the 17th century, stumpwork is a type of raised and padded embroidery that features a charming array of flowers, fruits, insects, animals, and sometimes people, all worked as delicate sculptural forms. The intricacy and detail evident in a fine piece of stumpwork is truly amazing. The sculptural quality makes this technique unique; more than just being raised off the surface in slight relief, many elements are almost fully dimensional. Fruits look ripe enough to pluck; petals and leaves seem almost to rustle in the breeze; bugs look like they've just lit on the branch. Be advised, however, that this is not a method for the timid crafter; although the book provides ample general instructions and careful analysis of individual elements before proceeding with specific projects, a good working knowledge of embroidery stitches is strongly advised. But the results are so absolutely delightful, you may want to practice honing your skills just to give this a try. --Amy Handy
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“An unusual, almost do-it-yourself guide...Nicholas gives instructions to complete all parts of the embroidery, covering materials and equipment, more than 45 individual elements...and some nearly 20 projects...a 35-stitch glossary is included...every possible theme can be realized.” —Booklist. “A treasure for broadening needlework skills and inspiring imagination in stitches.” —The Cloth Doll.
Customer Reviews:
Stumpwork Embroidery: A Collection of Fruits, Flowers & Insects for Contemporary Raised Embroidery.......2006-08-21
Plenty of basic information about techniques, stitches and supplies. There are coloured photographs of all the projects towards the back of the book. Everything is clearly explained so a beginner would be able to make a start.
Enchanting and inspiring.......2003-11-09
This book is simply enchanting. The author's examples are masterpieces, her instructions are very clear. A must buy for a needlework enthusiast.
Jane's got talent with a capital "T"!!!!.......2002-10-19
I bought this book about 2 years ago while I was exploring the world of raised embroidery and I got this book and I was floored!!!
Everything in this book is so life-like and beautiful!
I really need to get all of her books! If you are an embroiderer this MUST be in your reference library!
I have plans for this technique in my planned projects and everytime I look at this book I just gush!
Believe me, this book is worth it!
This is a great book. Learn stumpwork from Jane, she's got "TALENT"!!!!!
beautiful.......2000-08-10
This is a very inspirational book for stumpwork enthusiasts. I have made many projects from this book, and use it as a cross reference when using other patterns, as Jane's techniques are often easier and give better results. Hopefully for most embroidery enthusiasts it won't prove too difficult to understand as her instructions are very clear and precise. She has alternative lists of materials at the back of the book if you can't find the threads she recommends, and one of the nice things about her books is that she encourages people to take the initiative to be bold and use materials you might find hidden in your sewing box at home.
Stumpwork Embroidery:A Collection of Fruits, Flowers and Ins.......1999-12-27
While living in Australia, I had the opportunity to not only buy this book and use it, but to take the course offered by the author. The explanations are easy to follow and the diagrams extremely well drawn and follow her classes. I saw some of the original pieces that are photographed in the book and they are depicted beautifully. By the way, another reviewer comments that the book needs occasional translating into "American" from "Australian". Her terminology is "English", not Australian. She lives in Austalia, but is from England.
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Loved this book.......2000-11-14
We just bought a new home and boy did this book help me with decorating it! You will love it!
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Graphic Designer's Ultimate Resource Directory
Poppy Evans
Manufacturer: North Light Books
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What a great book!.......2000-01-27
It really is a must have for anyone doing any sort of graphic design. It's a compendium of companies that offer services not easily found. What's great is that it is written in a real common sense style. For example, if you go to the "decal printers" section, it has a little blurb about "if you are looking for holographic decals then go to page 180 and look under the holography section".
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An insider's guide to the best suppliers, materials and services available today - plus dozens of ideas for using these resources to do your job better, faster and cheaper. All the professional services and materials you'll ever need, right here in one easy-to-use directory, including: 111 sources for illustrators, including royalty-free and stock illustration; 136 listings for photographers, including copyright-free photography; 89 suppliers of decorative and printing papers; 123 providers of type-both computer and dry transfer; 111 soruces for environmental design, including sign and display services and materials; 31 vendors of restaurant and hospitality related items; 76 places to find garments, uniforms, and accessories; 151 professional organizations for designers; 59 sources of free fonts, utilities and software; 71 sources of hardware, software and imagery for new media designers; 181 vendors of studio equipment and supplies; 51 providesr of custom printed products; 101 sources of packaging materials and 200 printing and finishing services. You could waste hours rooting through phone books and catalogs hunting down the resources you need to pull off your designs or you could turn to this book, it puts all those specialized, unusual or just plain hard-to-find materials and services right at your fingertips.
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- detailed, informative, interesting and just plain awesome
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Biographize: The Def Leppard Story
Dave Dickson
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Customer Reviews:
detailed, informative, interesting and just plain awesome.......1999-09-28
This book covers all the important events in the Leps career as well as how they were influence by other musicians. In essence it is a must have for anypne who wants to learn about music. I bought it because the Leps music is unique and so real.
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- Zeke and Ned
- 100 One-Night Reads: A Book Lover's Guide
- A Compass Error: A Novel
- A Gracious Plenty: A Novel
- A Key to Uncle Tom's Cabin: Presenting the Original Facts and Documents upon Which the Story is Founded. Together with Corroborative Statements Verifying the Truth of the Work
- A Killing in This Town: A Novel
- A Long Fatal Love Chase
- A Piece of Mine: Stories
- A Trip To The Stars: A Novel
- Abyssinian Chronicles: A Novel
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